UCL in the media
How gas prices have changed since Joe Biden took office
"Just when the White House thought inflation was finally starting to cool, this will be another reminder to Americans of what Bidenomics has meant to their wallets in recent years," said Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Sciences).
Hygiene and class
Professor Adrian Forty (UCL Bartlett School of Architecture) connects “the fetish for hygiene” throughout history with “bourgeois fears of losing social and political authority" as hygiene became a means of differentiating the respectable poor from the disreputable.
UK scientists find link between proteins related to blood clots and long Covid
Dr Michael Zandi (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) comments on a study finding that blood clots during COVID-19 may be a cause of ongoing cognitive problems, saying the findings do not show a clear one-size-fits-all mechanism, and further treatment research is needed.
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The latest motherhood has ever been
"The most common age of motherhood now is 31, and that's really the latest its ever been," said Dr Zeynep Gurtin (UCL EGA Institute for Womens Health) describing why more women have been choosing to have children at a later age.
Gabon facing uncertainty following coup
“A power vacuum could lead to a free-for-all where poaching, illegal logging and deforestation increase,” said Professor Simon Lewis (UCL Geography), on the risks to Gabon's environment following its recent coup.
Will there be another lockdown? Why new Covid restrictions are extremely unlikely even if UK cases rise again
“I think the chance of another lockdown is somewhere between ‘extremely unlikely’ and ‘vanishingly unlikely’:" Professor Christina Pagel (UCL Mathematics) gives her opinion on the latest Covid wave.
Disadvantaged teenagers at greater risk of falling foul of email scams
Disadvantaged teenagers are at greater risk of email scams and need better protection, according to an international study by Professor John Jerrim (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society).
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Study finds stem cells in thymus for first time
“It’s paradoxical that stem cells in the thymus – an organ which reduces in size as we get older – regenerate just as much as those in the skin – an organ which replaces itself every three weeks." Dr Roberta Ragazzini (UCL Infection & Immunity) talks about her new study.
New neutrino research may help answer the question of our existence
Professor Andrew Pontzen (UCL Physics & Astronomy) comments on how neutrinos are examples of "cosmic symmetry-breaking" that may help to understand the Big Bang and the early universe.
Pets and us
Post-doctoral researcher Rachel Williams (UCL Ear Institute) takes part in a discussion about why we keep pets, and what bonds we form with them.